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Originally Posted by Direckshun
I like some of the suggestions here.
I'd absolutely do a low-round pick swap for Mecole Hardman. This team doesn't have a Z right now.
I'd also drop a pick for Kyle Pitts. The Chiefs can absolutely use him in ways that will elongate Kelce's career and allow Pitts to emerge into a Pro Bowler.
I'd make the pick a conditional, personally.
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Am I the only one that thinks that this ship, if it ever existed, might have sailed?
Kelce has aged extraordinarily well. And even with that, has shown clear signs of physical decline over the last 2 seasons.
I don't think there's any real 'prolonging' of Kelce's career at this point. I mean you could argue that holistically we can improve the offense by sidelining him a bit and in so doing bring more weapons at/near the prime of their career into play. But I don't think that's likely to make him appreciably more effective for a longer period of time.
I've kinda gotten to 'smoke 'em if you got 'em' with Travis Kelce. There's only so much you can do to 'preserve' a 6'5'' guy who plays football and depends on fluidity and agility to excel. Time is unbeaten and untied.
I just don't think prolonging his effectiveness is really an option at this point - if it ever truly was. It's mostly a question at this point of finding ways to win as Kelce declines rather than trying to find ways to win that prevent that decline. It's a question of mitigation rather than avoidance.